Alberta’s population spiked, setting a record for the number of people added and leading all provinces in population growth this year.

Alberta was home to 4.7 million people as of July 1, according to new data from Statistics Canada, which is 4.1 per cent higher than the same time last year due to an increase of 184,400 people.


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